Picker-check.



S. G. WEBSTER.

P IGKER CHECK.

APP ICATION FILED JULY 3. ma.

1,325,065; Patented Dec. 16,1919.

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' PICKER-CHECK.

i To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that SHIRLEY G. Wnnsrnn, States, residing at Glen Raven, in the county of Al'aman'ce-an'd State of North'Carolina, have invented anew and useful Picker-Check, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a picker ing the picker stick.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means contacting the toe of the shoe for checking the picker stick.

Another object of the invention is the provision of adjustable picker means. 3

Another object of the invention is the pro- "vision of a picker check which may be used ofFig. 1;

' that changes on either side of the loom.

The invention also contemplates generally improving the construction and enhancing the utility of picker checks. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view' which will appear as'the descriptionproceeds,.the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood in the precise embodimentof herein disclosed can be'made what is claimed withthe invention within the scope of out departing from vention.

A. practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the, accompanying drawing,

wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a check constructed accordance with the invention, a portion broken away, and the device shown applied Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 Fig. 3 is a detail viewtaken on the, line 3-3 of Fig. 1, parts being removed.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference The usual end casting is indicated by the numeral 1 and is adapted for attachment to the ends of the rock shaft of the loom by means of the set screws 2. The casting is formed with the usual upstanding lug 3 which projects through a slot (not shown) which is formed in the shoe 4:.

The shoe 4 is mounted to rock on the easting 1, andis apertured to receive a bolt 4' Specification of letters Patent.

for check- 1, and they lcnecking The bracket 12 rises above the casting the spirit of the in- PatentedDec. 1e,'191e..-'.: Application and Jul 3,1 13. seri'aim. 243,159. 7

and the heel strap 6 in place.

' end to receive the hooked end 7 of a coiled 8, which end projects through an spring circumference of aperture formed in the The heel strap 6 is apertured in its lower? the coil box 9. The spring '8 and the. coil .box 9 are supported by a bracket arm 10- which depends from one side of the casting are joinedthereto by means of a bolt 11. The coil spring 8, throughthe' heel strap 6, serves to return the picker st ck to normal position, as willbe readily understood by those skilled in the-art. Y

The device-formingthesubject of this inventionconsists of a bracketerni 1*2which is adapted to be secured to the casting 1,-

and is herein shown as apertured in its lower end to receive the end of the bolt 11 by which the bracket is secured to the bracket arm 10. 1 and merges, at it upper end, into an an ularly disposed portion 13 which is space from and overlies the shoe '4.

' The angled portion 13 of the bracket 12 is apertured to receive a bolt 14 or the like which serves to clamp one end of the curved leaf spring 15 to the portion 13. The curved spring 15 is of substantially U'shape and depends from the angled portion of the bracket 12, terminating above the shoe- 4 with its free end practically parallel with the upper surface of the toe of the shoe.

The free end of the spring 15 is provided with a longitudinal slot 16 through which extends a screw bolt 17 which clamps a block 18 in place upon the spring. .The block 18 may be formed of any suitable material, but is preferably made of wood, and this block normally rests upon the toe of the shoe 4.

It will be noted that the rear end of the block is herein shown as undercut to avoid the lug 3 so that the block may rest properly upon the toe of the shoe.

It is also to be understood that, though the resilient element is herein described as a curved leaf spring, the applicant does not intend thereby to limit himself to such construction, as any form of shock absorbing element may be used without departing from the idea and intent of thisinvention.

In. practice the device is operated in the following manner;

The e-ttaclunent is secured to the casting 1 as heretofore described, and the block 18 is adjusted to properly cont-actv the toe of the shoe :L- 3*) hen the 100111 is in operation, the picker sticker and the shoe at rock. in unison and, on the forward motion of the stick and shoe, the toe of the shoe parts slightly fronr' the block 18, but, on the return motion, the toe of the shoe contacts the block 18 so that the yielding, shock absorbing element lihis brought into play to olreelt the motion 0:? the stick, thus saving tihe shuttle from the usual violent jar and consequent injury. x

As the wear neniber .19 in shoe at and the adjacent parts beeome worn, the shoegnioves ,t'orward, and the block 18 may be EIGJMStCl.

to proper position by loosening the 'iscrew bolt 17 to permit-the bolt to slidein the slot 1h until the block is brought to proper position, when the bolt may be tightened to clamp'th'e block in place.

It will be noted that, by reversing the element 15:,thr0ugh loosening the bolt 11-, the

7 device is in position to be used on the casting at the opposite end of the loon Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters stick, a shoe attached thereto,a support upon which the shoe rocks, a bracket arm attached to the support and having an angled end overlying the shoe, a yielding' element attached to and depending from the angled end, a block secured for adjustment to the yielding element, and means for holding the block in adjusted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my; own, I have hereto affixed 'iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SHIRLEY Gr. YVEBSTER.

Witnesses W. E. TEAGUE, C. H. Moses. 

